The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 2, February, 1896

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 2, February, 1896, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 2, February, 1896 Author: Various Release Date: May 24, 2007 [EBook #21595] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN MISSIONARY *** Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) [i] Vol. L FEBRUARY, 1896 No. 2 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. THE OUTLOOK, LINCOLN MEMORIAL D AY , PAT'S MISS'N BOX (WITH PICTURE), THE PROBLEM OF ILLITERACY , FIELD WORKERS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN C ENT SOCIETY , TEACHERS' RESIDENCES, RECEIPTS, 33 34 35 36 37 38 68 72 LIST OF OUR FIELD WORKERS, 39 NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class mail matter. [ii] American Missionary Association. PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS. Vice-Presidents. Rev. F. A. N OBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. H ENRY H OPKINS, D.D., Mo. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. H ENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y. Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio. Honorary Secretary and Editor. Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., Bible House, N. Y. Corresponding Secretaries. Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., Bible House, N. Y. Rev. C. J. R YDER, D.D., Bible House, N. Y. Recording Secretary. Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., Bible House, N. Y. Treasurer. H. W. H UBBARD, Esq., Bible House, N. Y. Auditors. GEORGE S. H ICKOK . JAMES H. OLIPHANT. Executive Committee. C HARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. C HARLES A. H ULL, Secretary. For Three Years. SAMUEL H OLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, C HARLES L. MEAD, WILLIAM H. STRONG , ELIJAH H ORR. For Two Years. WILLIAM H AYES WARD, JAMES W. C OOPER, LUCIEN C. WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, C HARLES P. PEIRCE. For One Year. C HARLES A. H ULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN, N EHEMIAH BOYNTON, A. J. F. BEHRENDS. District Secretaries. Rev. GEO . H. GUTTERSON, 21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass. Rev. JOS. E. R OY, D.D., 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. Secretary of Woman's Bureau. Miss D. E. EMERSON, Bible House, N. Y. COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN M ISSIONARY ," to the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the Woman's Bureau. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a Life Member. N OTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—The date on the "address label" indicates the time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made afterward the change on the label will appear a month later. Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and occasional papers may be correctly mailed. FORM OF A BEQUEST. "I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the sum of —— dollars to the 'American Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses. [33] THE VOL. L. AMERICAN MISSIONARY FEBRUARY, 1896. N O . 2. THE OUTLOOK. The debt-showing in our treasury has varied during the last few months. At the close of August, 1895, it reached its highest point during that fiscal year, amounting to $101,151.66. During the next three months it was reduced considerably below that highest figure; but now, at the close of December, it has reached the amount of $104,943.95. It would be difficult to show in detail the reasons for these changes. But the last figure is the highest ever reached in the history of the Association, and if we could not look with faith beyond, it would be discouraging. But we cannot be despondent in view of the past. Discouragements have been incident in every stage of progress in this connection. In the old anti-slavery days there were times of almost hopeless discouragement. In the great struggle for the life of the nation and the emancipation of the slave there were days when only the bravest had hope. And in these last days of reconstruction and of the work for elevating the Freedmen, there have been very dark hours. But thus far triumph has come in the end. We believe that God, who led the Children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness and never ceased his care till the people were planted in their own land, with their homes and olive yards, will not desert this larger company which he has brought with a high hand out of bondage. We believe, too, that the merciful Saviour who regards every good work done for the poorest and most helpless as done unto himself, will not desert an organization that devotes itself earnestly and successfully to the elevation of these needy races. We, therefore, bate not one jot of heart or hope, but trusting in the faithfulness of our Heavenly Father, and in the self-sacrificing and conscientious liberality of his followers, we yet believe that this debt will be removed and the means be furnished for the continuance and enlargement of this great work. Hence, we repeat the call we have already made to pastors, churches, Sunday-schools, Christian Endeavor Societies, and to individuals, to make this our Year of Jubilee, the time of emancipation and deliverance. [34] LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY. Two years ago the American Missionary Association introduced a new day in the church calendars. The pastors of our Congregational fellowship were asked to observe the Lincoln Memorial Day on the Sabbath nearest to the birthday of our greatest President. This request was generally responded to and sermons and responsive services were held in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birth. A services were held in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birth. A Concert Exercise was prepared by the Association which was used very largely. This year Lincoln Memorial Day comes on Sunday, February 16, and we trust will prove a day of wide observance among the Congregational churches. It is, as our readers all know, the Jubilee Year of the American Missionary Association. Special collections are most appropriate this year and are being pledged by many of the churches in behalf of the great work of the American Missionary Association among the neglected millions of our own land and to roll up this Jubilee offering on the Jubilee Year. Special envelopes have been printed and will be furnished any of the pastors who desire to celebrate Lincoln Memorial Day in taking this special collection for the Association. The Concert Exercise will be sent to the pastor or superintendent in any Sunday-school who may desire to add their gift to awaken a wider interest in this work. Abraham Lincoln was born on the edge of the great region occupied by the mountaineers of the South, or "American Highlanders" as we like to call them. Among these people the American Missionary Association has established its churches, schools and missions, and they have loyally responded in coöperation in the spread of an intelligent gospel among the two and a half million people. The work among the Negroes must always be associated with the name of Abraham Lincoln, who lifted them from slavery into freedom and gave his life a willing sacrifice to the cause of their liberation and the salvation of our country. [35] The work of no other society gathers so immediately about the name of Abraham Lincoln as does that of the American Missionary Association, and we trust that Lincoln Memorial Day will be celebrated by the churches throughout the land, and that large special offerings will pour into the Association's treasury to bring emancipation from debt and furnish the means for larger labor this glad Jubilee Year. "PAT'S MISS'N BOX." BY MRS. E. C. READ. In one of our Kansas missionary societies a mulatto woman was employed as housekeeper. She has a very bright and attractive little girl, not yet three years old, whose full name is Alice May Lapsly. By the young lady of the house she has been pet-named "Pat," and so is called "little Pat" by the ladies of the missionary society. "Little Pat" became greatly interested in the young lady's mission box, and wanted one for herself. The young lady procured a little modern barrel for her, and the child has saved all the money that has been given her for candy etc., putting it in her "miss'n barral" saying it was to help build a chapel. She began putting her pennies in the barrel when two-and-a-half years old. At the end of three months she brought it to the ladies as they were preparing to send their money to the treasurer. On opening, little Pat's barrel was found to contain one dollar and two cents, which the ladies have sent to the American Missionary Association for the colored schools of the South. They hope the gift and story of "little Pat" may bring courage to the workers and lead others to save their pennies to help feed Christ's lambs. Little Pat is not weary in well doing, but is again collecting money for missions. Soon after the barrel was emptied a book agent called at the house. Pat went up to him as he stood in the door, clasped her arms about his knees and looking up said: "If